Contrary to what you may hear in the news, violence and crimes against
persons are not a recent phenomenon. Even back in the Mesozoic Era,
some concerned citizens took to wearing body armor full-time. In the
epochs following most have become one with their protective
hides. Meet a few of the pragmatic survivors.

Cyrano de Beardi, a young bearded dragon is my pet. I got him as a
gift from Michelle. His pastime of
choice is doing nothing. He makes an exception at feeding times: his
larger T-Rex relatives must have behaved thus at meal-time.

Unlike his illustrious namesake, Cyrano is far less vicious than his
jagged looks would suggest. Most of the spikes are quite soft.
Fortunately for him, he's sure of regular meals and fanatical loyalty
from his people.

Cyrano has excellent vision. His independently articulated vision ports can pick up a cricket as far as a meter away. Unfortunately, not unlike knights or tanks, he spends much of the time buttoned up.

Lately, that feeling of safety has gone to the lizard's head. He began lurking above the cat's probably paths, much like Robin Hood had once loitered in hopes of scoring confirmed kills. The ultimate outcome of such an encounter must be left to imagination...for now.

While de Biass the Monitor appears melancholic and relaxed, his
thought process is anything but. Currently he is regretting the need
to tolerate humans feeding him...but only until he grows to 1.5 meters
and can tear them limb from limb, shredding their soft skin with claws
and ripping tasty guts out. In short, he'd make a perfect public
office holder.

The skink, comonly known as Hey, Butt-ugly!, shows that
Toulouse-Lautrec was far from the worst visual effect Nature can produce.
The plate-armored iguana, Nobunaga, is little better -- but few dare to comment.